The University of Cincinnati has received a $12.7 million federal grant to continue a study that compares treatment approaches for acute ischemic stroke.The study, which began in 2005, compares two methods of treatment for ischemic stroke, which occurs when an artery to the brain is blocked. Both treatment approaches involve the clot-busting drug tissue plasminogen [...]

A new study has found that the amount of stress and mental effort felt by physicians doesn’t vary much across specialties, and represents another argument for decreasing the compensation gap between primary care and specialty doctors.University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers used various work-intensity measurement tools to gauge the level of mental effort and stress experienced [...]

A University of Cincinnati researcher has received a $587,000 federal grant to study a new way of attacking breast cancer.The goal is to develop a breast cancer treatment by indirectly targeting estrogen, as opposed to other drugs on the market that directly target and stop the hormone, according to a statement from the University of [...]

The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine has appointed Dr. Thomas Boat as its new dean, effective July 1.Boat has worked at the University of Cincinnati’s (UC) medical school since 1993, when he joined as chairman of pediatrics. Prior to his appointment as dean, he held the title of executive associate dean, a position he’d [...]

The University of Cincinnati has earmarked $6.5 million to launch a research program dedicated to better understanding how cancer spreads in the brain.

Device firm Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. has awarded a $13.5 million grant to the University of Cincinnati and others for collaborative obesity research.The three-year grant will be used to investigate how and why gastric bypass surgery works, according to a statement from Ethicon Endo-Surgery. Gastric bypass surgery often helps patients lose weight and can also cure [...]

A research team from the University of Cincinnati has received a $2.3 million federal grant to develop a rapid diagnostic tool for detecting the influenza virus.The researchers aim to develop a library of carbohydrates that can be used to detect the presence of influenza in human samples, according to a statement from the University.The researchers [...]

The Ohio Third Frontier Commission on Wednesday approved $20 million in Wright Project grants, including more than $8 million for three biomedical projects.During their first meeting since voters approved an extension and expansion of the Ohio Third Frontier through fiscal 2015, commissioners also approved $11 million in entrepreneurial support and pre-seed investment fund grants, as [...]

Ohio will receive more than $27 million in federal stimulus money to improve its biomedical research facilities.The latest flow of a continuing stream of stimulus grants comes from the National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health, according to Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown.The money is aimed at helping to construct, repair and [...]

The University System of Ohio’s 14 universities and consumer product giant Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) in Cincinnati have agreed to simplify the legal process of negotiating joint research projects with the intent of bringing ideas to market faster.Having a master contract to which a project’s unique terms could be added is expected to speed [...]